IPC Rising Star Award

The IPC Rising Star Award is given to IPC members who have taken leadership roles and provided support to IPC standards, education, advocacy and solutions to industry challenges. Their contributions have made significant impact upon IPC and industry within the past five years and will continue to have a lasting impact for many years to come.

Next presentation: Week of March 17, 2025 at IPC APEX EXPO®.

Past Recipients of the IPC Rising Star Award

2025

Young-Ho HwangGuru E&E

2025

Paavo NiskalaTactoTek

2025

Feng XueIBM
2024Naim KapadiaGrinsty Rail Ltd.
2024Michael SchleicherSemikron Elektronik GmbH
2023Paige FietTTM Technologies Inc.
2023Christina TrussellBlue Origin
2023Sarah Czaplewski-CampbellIBM
2022Tim BurkeArch Systems
2022Francisco FourcadeFourcad, Inc.
2022Thomas MarktscheffelASM Assembly Systems GmbH
2022Christina RutherfordHoneywell
2021Audra ThurstonCalumet Electronics Corporation
2021Vladan KoncarENSAIT
2021Radu DiaconescuSwie.io
2021Benoit Dagenais Innovative Vehicle Institute  
2020Zhiman ChenZhuZhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd.
2020Gaston HidalgoToyota Motor North America
2020Stephanie RodgersApex Mills
2020Kate SteesLockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
2019MaryAlice GillJabil Circuit
2019Milea KammerHoneywell Aerospace
2019Matt KellyIBM
2019Hans-Peter TranitzContinental Automotive, GmbH
2018Pierre-Emmanuel GoutorbeAirbus
2018Yusaku KonoJapan Unix 
2017Jimmy BaccamLockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control
2017Symon FranklinCustom Interconnect Ltd
2017Jan PedersenElmatica AS
2017Udo WelzelRobert Bosch GmbH
2016Steven BowlesL-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Cincinnati
2016Stan RakContinental Automotive GmbH
2016Matt TurpinZentech Manufacturing
2016Peter ZhouHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.